Hamilton Grange National Memorial

Digitized collections

Scenes from Hamilton Grange

The Grange was moved to St. Nicholas Park in 2008 and restored to its 19th century look.

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The parlor level is furnished as it would have been when Hamilton lived there.

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Hamilton's piano forte in the drawing room was played regularly by his daughter Anjelica.

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A mourning scarf from his 1804 funeral is exhibited in the visitor information center.

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An immigrant from the island of Nevis, Alexander Hamilton was America's first Treasury Secretary.

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The 'Grange' was named after Hamilton's ancestral home in Scotland. It originally stood on 34 acres of land.

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Harlem developed around the Grange until 1889, when the house was moved to accommodate the Manhattan street grid.

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Both the front and back porches were removed to suit its former Convent Avenue location.

Located in Harlem's Saint Nicholas Park at West 141st Street, Hamilton Grange National Memorial was founding father Alexander Hamilton's country home in northern Manhattan from 1802 until his death in 1804. Designed by prominent architect John McComb Jr., it is an example of early Federal Period architecture.

The house was sold by Hamilton's wife Elizabeth in 1833 and was relocated and stripped of some original features, including its porches and a grand staircase, by successive owners. In 1962, it was deeded to the National Park Service and in that same year was authorized a national memorial by the United States Congress—a designation used to protect places that are commemorative. The legislation that created the memorial required the house be relocated and restored to its 19th century appearance. These provisions were fulfilled in 2008.

The Hamilton Grange collections include Historic American Building Survey (HABS) drawings that illustrate the Grange and many of its architectural details, as well as a special collection of books owned by Hamilton, that provide insight into his interests and views.